That was brilliant. Amazed that someone was willing to put that much effort into answering my question. However, what is illustrated is more or less exactly what I did—and repeated a few times with uninstall/reinstall with new downloads—without success. DosBox still does not find the preferences …

Right, the mounts are not executed. As far as I know OS X is not case sensitive, but I will try the rename. Can you recommend an OS X expert in this forum? Thanks for your help, DrFred

Ok, got it. The name/location of the file is: users/newuser/library/preferences/dosbox preferences. I have also placed a copy in: users/library/preferences/dosbox preferences. What follows is a paste of the file's contents (this system did not allow me to attach it): [sdl] # fullscreen -- Start …

A1) v 7.0 A2) I don't know what the status window is Thank you.

I am new to DOSBOX. Using a Mac Mini, Intel core duo, OS X v10.4.9. I have the problem, seen elsewhere in this forum, of loading DOSBOX to find only the Z: prompt, i.e., the program can not find my Dosbox Preferences file, which I have configured to mount a c: and an f: drive with programs (XyWrite …